Ascension Day

The Stone Mountain God Huang Siping’s gaze was cold. His other leg was just bone, devoid of flesh. If it took too much force, it would snap. Therefore, he had to end this battle quickly!

A light flared from the blade in his hand. His Qi Blood surged through the Hundred-Refined Horse-Cutting Saber, and the brilliant blade light clashed with the Copper Pillar Xu Ying swung!

The Copper Pillar Xu Ying swung carried staggering momentum, kicking up a gale. Huang Siping’s Sword Qi was blazing hot, and when it struck the Copper Pillar, the razor-sharp energy sliced it open!

His True Yang Qi Blood was hotter than a raging fire. As the blade passed through, it seared the severed edges of the Copper Pillar, leaving them glowing crimson!

However, the force from the Copper Pillar surged down the length of the blade toward him. It was the Elephant God’s Power. And though Xu Ying was no Demon King, his strength far surpassed Huang Siping’s!

Huang Siping’s hands trembled on the saber’s hilt, and he couldn’t help but retreat a step to keep the pressure off his left leg bone.

Xu Ying thrust forward with the severed half of the Copper Pillar. Huang Siping retreated another step and met the pillar with a downward slash. His True Yang Qi Blood burned even hotter. Under his blade, the Copper Pillar actually began to melt, dripping molten copper!

This single slash of his even split the Copper Pillar in two down the middle!

However, at the very moment his blade clove the Copper Pillar, Xu Ying rotated the pillar’s halves, wrenching the Hundred-Refined Horse-Cutting Saber and twisting Huang Siping’s arms viciously!

Huang Siping roared. With a shudder, he revealed his true form—a wolf-headed man, over ten feet tall and incredibly imposing, with silver fangs, sharp claws, and a coat of yellow fur, each hair as stiff as a golden needle!

His roar was like a howling gale as his True Yang Qi Blood surged. He wrenched the Horse-Cutting Saber free, but Xu Ying had already closed the distance. His palm lashed out like an Elephant God swinging its trunk, striking the flat of the blade with a loud CRACK.

The Hundred-Refined Horse-Cutting Saber bent out of shape from the impact, but Huang Siping’s True Yang Qi Blood also surged from the blade into Xu Ying’s palm, coursing up his arm and invading his body!

Huang Siping was the Demon King of Stone Mountain, and his Qi Blood Cultivation was immense. His True Yang Qi Blood was so scorching it could easily melt copper, so what chance did Xu Ying’s body of flesh and blood stand?

However, his invading Qi Blood was immediately intercepted by Xu Ying’s own.

In the split second of contact between hand and blade, Huang Siping sensed that while Xu Ying’s Qi Blood was not as abundant as his own, it was exceptionally pure. It had already blocked his True Yang Qi Blood at Xu Ying’s elbow and completely expelled it, leaving no latent damage behind!

’To have such a high level of Cultivation at his age, no wonder he could slay a Grass God!’

The impact left Huang Siping’s arms aching and numb, forcing him to drop the Hundred-Refined Horse-Cutting Saber. Instead of anger, he felt a surge of admiration. ’Worthy of being a prodigy of my Demon Race!’

The Cultivation Technique Xu Ying practiced was clearly a Demon Race Guiding Skill, and his Martial Dao was also that of the Demon Race. Though he looked human, Huang Siping didn’t think he necessarily was.

He’d never seen a human so feral.

He showed no mercy, lashing out with his claws. Empowered by his True Yang Qi Blood, they were no less deadly than the Hundred-Refined Horse-Cutting Saber!

At the same time, Xu Ying threw a punch. The elephant-headed Evil Body behind him followed suit, striking with its full power. The force of the blow created a violent gale!

Both were struck simultaneously. Xu Ying coughed up blood as he stumbled backward, crashing into the Great Hall. His body erupted in flames, setting the Great Hall ablaze!

A savage force struck Huang Siping in the chest, shredding the clothes on his back. His massive body flew backward. He landed with an audible SNAP as his left leg bone shattered completely!

Huang Siping staggered back several steps before collapsing. He rolled on the ground, transforming into a giant, three-legged yellow wolf, then turned and bolted into the mountain forest.

"Xu Ying, we are both of the Demon Race! Seeing as your demon Nature has not been lost, I’ll spare your life!" his voice echoed from the distance.

Before, when his leg was intact, he could still fight Xu Ying. Now with one leg shattered, he couldn’t use even thirty percent of his strength, so fleeing was his only option.

Inside the Great Hall, Xu Ying leaped to his feet. He pressed his palms to the floor, and the flames were instantly smothered.

Suddenly, a heat rose in his throat and he spat out a mouthful of blood. The moment it hit the ground, it burst into raging flames—damage caused by Huang Siping’s True Yang Qi Blood invading his heart and lungs.

The True Yang Qi Blood was scorching hot, capable of melting copper and iron. If Xu Ying’s own formidable Qi Blood hadn’t been able to resist it, he would have been burned to a crisp!

Xu Ying grunted and circulated his Qi Blood, using all his might to suppress the True Yang Qi Blood. However, the wound on his chest burst open, exposing his ribs.

If his Elephant God Evil Body hadn’t absorbed some of the force, Huang Siping’s claw strike would have shattered his ribs!

Xu Ying barely managed to stabilize his injury. He deliberately left a trace of the True Yang Qi Blood in the wound on his chest, allowing it to cauterize the flesh before finally expelling it.

Xu Ying began his breathing exercises, circulating the Taiyi Guiding Skill. Suddenly, out in the courtyard, Wei Chu’s leg twitched.

The corner of Xu Ying’s eye twitched. He snatched up the bent Horse-Cutting Saber and hurled it with a WHOOSH.

Wei Chu rolled aside, dodging the thrown Horse-Cutting Saber. He leaped to his feet, laughing loudly. "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! Godslayer Xu Ying, you truly have the strength to kill a god. But now that you and the Stone Mountain Wolf have grievously wounded each other, can you possibly stand against me?"

Flesh and blood were slowly regenerating on his right leg, which had been nothing but bone!

Xu Ying smiled. "Master Wei, you’re clearly a Nuo Master, and you’ve even opened the Mud Ball Secret Treasury. Your power is extraordinary, yet you lay there playing dead. By all rights, Nuo Art counters Demon Techniques, so taking on both of us should have been trivial for you. The fact that you insisted on waiting for us to cripple each other can only mean one thing: the Mud Ball Secret Treasury cannot heal your injuries."

Wei Chu’s expression darkened.

It was true. He had been playing dead because his injuries were too severe.

When the roar erupted from the well, he had been the closest and took the worst of the impact. More importantly, though he was a Nuo Master, his Flesh Body Cultivation was far inferior to that of Xu Ying and Huang Siping. It was even less than the Snake Demon Yuan Qi’s!